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Algeria will pursue stronger ties in the Sahel

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ALGERIA

In February, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced that Algeria is planning free trade zones with Niger and Mali, despite increasingly volatile ties with the latter. That same…

Russia will employ new military unit across Africa

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RUSSIA

Unlike the Wagner private military company (PMC), it is subordinated to the Russian state. The first confirmed deployment of African Corps forces is to Burkina Faso, where it will…

Jihadists will seek to exploit northern defeat in Mali

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MALI

MALI: Jiahdists will seek to exploit northern defeat

Rebel successes will put pressure on Mali's junta

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MALI

MALI: Rebel successes will put pressure on junta

Mali's junta would have difficulty holding Kidal

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MALI

MALI: The junta would have difficulty holding Kidal

Mali's northern war may become protracted

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MALI

Kidal has served as the political capital of various northern armed groups since 2012. Its capture follows the August outbreak of hostilities between the ruling junta and the…

Malian army rights abuses are likely during offensive

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MALI

MALI: Army abuses are likely during northern offensive

Human rights reporting will become harder in Mali

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MALI

MALI: Human rights reporting will become harder

North-south war in Mali has become more likely

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MALI

MALI: North-south war has become more likely

Wagner's influence in Africa may prove exaggerated

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AFRICA

Notably, US intelligence accuses Wagner of efforts to destabilise Chad’s junta as well as broader regional ambitions of creating a “unified ‘confederation’ of African states”…